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Lexicon :: Strong's H2219 - zārâ

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זָרָה
Transliteration
zārâ
Pronunciation
zaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare זוּר (H2114)]
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TWOT Reference: 579

Strong’s Definitions

זָרָה zârâh, zaw-raw'; a primitive root (compare H2114); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow:—cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H2219 in the following manner: scatter (19x), disperse (8x), fan (4x), spread (2x), winnowed (2x), cast away (1x), scatter away (1x), compass (1x), strawed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H2219 in the following manner: scatter (19x), disperse (8x), fan (4x), spread (2x), winnowed (2x), cast away (1x), scatter away (1x), compass (1x), strawed (1x).

  1. to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to scatter

      2. to fan, winnow

    2. (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed

    3. (Piel)

      1. to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal)

      2. to winnow, sift

    4. (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָרָה zârâh, zaw-raw'; a primitive root (compare H2114); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow:—cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.
STRONGS H2219: Abbreviations
† [זָרָה] verb scatter, fan, winnow (Arabic ذَرا cause to fly, scatter (of wind), winnow; Aramaic דְּרָא, axRD; Ethiopic ዘረወ፡ —
Qal Imperfect וַיִּ֫זֶר Exodus 32:20; 2nd person masculine singular תִּזְרֶה Ezekiel 5:2; suffix תִּזְרֵם Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 41:16; וָאֶזְרֵם Jeremiah 15:7; Imperative זְרֵה Numbers 17:2; Infinitive לִזְרוֺת Jeremiah 4:11; Participle זֹרֶה Ruth 3:2; Isaiah 30:24; —
1. scatter, the powder into which golden calf was ground Exodus 32:20 (E, object not expressed); with accusative (strange) fire from censers Numbers 17:2 (P); hair (symbolic act) Ezekiel 5:2; Isaiah 30:22.
2. fan, winnow, object גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעוֺרִים Ruth 3:2; Isaiah 30:24 (where participle has indefinite subject), Isaiah 41:16 metaphor, object mountains and hills, figurative of winnowing; figurative fan, winnow, in purification Jeremiah 4:11 (|| לְהָכַ֑ר); in chastisement Jeremiah 15:7(בְּמִזְרֶה ז׳).
Niph. Imperfect וַיִּזָּרוּ Ezekiel 36:19 be scattered, dispersed, of Israel; Infinitive בְּהִזָּרוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 6:8 when ye shall be dispersed (on plural suffix Ew§ 259 b, but Co strike out י).
Pi. Perfect suffix וְזֵרָם 1 Kings 14:15; זִרֵ֑יתָ Psalm 139:3, suffix זֵירִיתָ֫נוּ Psalm 44:12; וְזֵרִיתִ֫י Ezekiel 5:10 etc.; Infinitive זָרוֺת Ezekiel 20:23 etc.; —
1. (intensive of Qal) scatter, disperse, especially of peoples, with accusative (Israel and Judah) 1 Kings 14:15; Leviticus 26:33 (H), Psalm 44:12; Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 5:10, 12; Ezekiel 12:14, 15; Ezekiel 20:23; Ezekiel 22:15 compare Zechariah 2:2; Zechariah 2:4 (twice in verse); Psalm 106:27; bones of Israel Ezekiel 6:5; people of Hazor Jeremiah 49:32; of Elam Jeremiah 49:36; of Babylon Jeremiah 51:2 (זָרִים = strangers ?); Egyptians Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:26 + Ezekiel 30:23 (strike out Co, internal grounds); in general the wicked Proverbs 20:26; evil Proverbs 20:8; participle מְזָרִים = substantive scatterers, epithet of winds [H4215 Job 37:9] (compare Qor 51:1); על־פניכם פֶּרֶשׁ וְזֵרִיתִי Malachi 2:3 scatter dung on your faces (token of shame and curse); figurative disperse knowledge (of lips) Proverbs 15:7.
2. winnow, sift (compare Qal 2) only figurative אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִ֑יתָ Psalm 139:3 my path and my couch thou siftest (Che; BaZMG 1887, 607 measurest, determinest, whence זֶרֶת which see).
Pu. be scattered,Imperfect יְזֹרֶה Job 18:15, subject גָּפְרִית followed by עַל; Participle feminine מְזֹרָה (agreeing with רָשֶׁ֑ת net) Proverbs 1:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

32:20; 32:20

Leviticus

26:33

Numbers

17:2; 17:2

Ruth

3:2; 3:2

1 Kings

14:15; 14:15

Job

18:15

Psalms

44:12; 44:12; 106:27; 139:3; 139:3

Proverbs

1:17; 15:7; 20:8; 20:26

Isaiah

30:22; 30:22; 30:24; 30:24; 41:16; 41:16

Jeremiah

4:11; 4:11; 15:7; 15:7; 31:10; 49:32; 49:36; 51:2

Ezekiel

5:2; 5:2; 5:10; 5:10; 5:12; 6:5; 6:8; 12:14; 12:15; 20:23; 20:23; 22:15; 29:12; 30:23; 30:26; 36:19

Zechariah

2:2; 2:4

Malachi

2:3

H2219

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Strong's Number H2219 matches the Hebrew זָרָה (zārâ),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - And having taken the calf which they made, he consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and [fn]scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel to drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - And I will scatter you among the nations, and the sword shall come upon you and consume you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - (LXX 17:2) and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Take up the brazen censers out of the midst of the men that have been burnt, and scatter the strange fire yonder, for they have sanctified the censers

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - And now is not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels thou wast? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - (LXX 43:12) Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27 - (LXX 105:27) and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - (LXX 138:3) Thou hast traced my path and my [fn]bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - for nets are not without cause spread for birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 - The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8 - Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - And thou shalt pollute the plated idols, and thou shalt grind to powder the gilt ones, and shalt scatter them as the water of a removed woman, and thou shalt thrust them forth as dung.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:16 - and thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 - At that time they shall say to this people and to Jerusalem, There is a spirit of error in the wilderness: the way of the daughter of my people is not to purity, nor to holiness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - (LXX 38:10) Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations, and proclaim them to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - (LXX 30:27) And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle shall be destroyed: and I will scatter them as chaff with every wind, having their hair cut about their foreheads, I will bring on their overthrow from all sides, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - (LXX 25:16) And I will bring upon Ælam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation to which they shall not come—even the outcasts of Ælam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - (LXX 28:2) And I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about her in the day of her affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - A fourth part thou shalt burn in the fire in the midst of the city, at the fulfilment of the days of the siege: and thou shalt take a fourth part, and burn it up in the midst of it: and a fourth part thou shalt cut with a sword round about it: and a fourth part thou shalt scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:10 - Therefore the fathers shall eat their children in the midst of thee, and children shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and I will scatter all that are left of thee to every wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - A fourth part of thee shall be cut off by pestilence, and a fourth part of thee shall be consumed in the midst of thee with famine: and as for another fourth part of thee, I will scatter them to every wind; and a fourth part of thee shall fall by the sword round about thee, and I will draw out a sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - And I will scatter your bones round about your altars,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - When there are some of you escaping from the sword among the Gentiles, and when ye are scattered in the countries;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - And I will scatter to every wind all his assistants round about him, and all that help him; and I will draw out a sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:15 - And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have scattered them among the nations; and I will disperse them in the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles, and disperse them in the countries;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and thy uncleanness shall be removed out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate, and her cities shall be desolate forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate: and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will utterly scatter them into the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23 - And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and will utterly scatter them among the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26 - And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and utterly scatter them among the countries; and they all shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19 - and I dispersed them among the nations, and utterly scattered them through the countries: I judged them according to their way and according to their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - (LXX 2:2) And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, my lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21 - (LXX 2:4) And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, even the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:3 - Behold, [fn]I turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time.
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